I grip the door handle extra tight like if I let it go, I will sink to the floor. My knees feel weak, my throat dry when I stare onto my wife, the woman I truly love and it fucking kills me to see her like this; her face is pale, the usual blush gone. Her eyes are rimed red and blue, her cute nose not broken but slightly bruised. Letting the handle go, I make an attempt to take a step towards her, everyone of them feeling like a punch in the guts. How did we get to this? It should have been me who was this injured. I should have been in a coma not her.

I take another step, now towards her right side and look at all the IV in her arms, the giant tube in her mouth which makes her able to breathe. Reaching over, I take her hand in mine, now feeling how weak she actually is. Fuck...

"Hey, Butterfly" I whisper softly, surprised it was even possible with the dry throat I have. "I'm sorry" I sit on the bed, the beeps of the monitor of her heart far in the distance when I kiss her bruised knuckles; so fragile. "I'm so, so sorry for not protecting you right" I pull a lock of her soft brow hair aside so I can scan her face; even after all the beating she must have had to endure, she looks gorgeous; beautiful. "I promise you, I will get that bastard fucking killed; even if it's the last thing I do" and I mean it; I'm going to kill that fucking bastard and not in a friendly way, oh hell no, I'm going to give him regret for touching what's mine and that's Emily...

I park on the side road, anger and adrenaline filling me. It's been 3 days since we found Emily and now...now we found Ben as well. I got a message 15 minutes ago from Sebastian where he said that they found the one who hurt my wife and now I'm planning on hurting him. I step out, Enzo in the distance waiting for me, a giant grin playing on his face; that bastard.

"Hey, Mateo"

"Enzo" I greet him back. "Why are you smiling?"

"Because it felt fucking good to kick that motherfucker in the guts but don't worry, he's not dead...not yet anyways" we both make our way to the same basement where I held the Chin's princess not so long ago. "How is Emily?" he asks suddenly.

"She's doing fine" I reply because I just don't want to talk about her in this situation; it feels wrong. "So does the baby" I quickly add before we enter the room.

"AHHHH!" someone screams of pain and I think we all know who it is. "I SWEAR THAT MY FAMILY WILL KILL YOU" Ben yells, blood spilling out of his mouth with every word.

"It's worth the risk" Sebastian replies, giving him another punch so hard I swear I hurt bone breaking; I think Sebastian feel as much ager as I do. "Boss" he announces when he spots me, immediately stepping away from Ben who's sitting in a chair, tied up like Emily did but only he looks worst than she did.

"Sebastian" I reply, slowly making my way towards him. "Thanks for doing the fun part" he grins at my words; that fucker.

"Mateo El Ricci" Ben spews out, his blood on the ground.

"Ben Greenstone, or should I say Antonov"

"So you finally figured out my last name, it took a while for you, huh?" I punch him hard in his jaw, making him laugh. "Hit me, Mateo" he challenges and I do, not stopping myself because I feel the need to hit the life out of him. Enzo stops me, because if I go further, then he's dead and where is the fun out of that then? "Is this all you got!?"

"No" I answer, staring him down with my dead glare I perfected over the years; he squirms in the chair, uncomfortable. "Why? Why the fuck did you took Emily away from my!?" I practically yell.

"Why?" he snarls, disgusted. "You KILLED my brother! You killed him!"

"Oh, all this because of your sick brother?"

"He wasn't sick! He was a hero!" he yells back, tears forming in his eyes.

"I think you only saw the good side of him" I squat down in front of him, his gaze mad as fuck. "But you never saw his true colors"

"What do you mean?" he asks, confused.

"Do you want to know why I killed him 8 years ago?" he nods and the thought of that night make my blood boil. "You need to know your brother is a bad man; he didn't just hurt innocent people, he also misused his power by not only getting what he wanted but also by raping woman" Ben is silence. "That night I was on my way back home when I heard he broke into my club, killed my guards and..." I stop, looking at Sebastian who looks deadly yet painful back. "...He was about to rape my sister!" I yell back, anger filling me. "I did the world a favor" truth though...I didn't kill his brother...Sebastian did. He came in before me and when I arrived, it was too late. The dead of Ben's brother is a secret only I, Seb and Olivia knows; its better they think I killed him instead of Seb.

"You're lying!"

"I'm not but if you don't want to believe, then that's fine" I stand straight, taking my gun, ready to shoot when he says something that shocks me.

"You can kill me, that's fine...But" he looks down then back at me and I see the hurt in those eyes. "Please tell Emily I'm sorry and...Tell Stephanie I love her and that she should look for a guy that's more worthy of her"

"I will" considering if I should kill him or not.

"Mateo, just do it!" Sebastian yells.

"Live a happy life in hell" are the last words I say to Ben before I shoot him right in the head, between him brows...his body is limp, no dark soul in him anymore and I motion for Enzo and Sebastian to get rid of the body while I drive to my next stop.

I park my car in front of a hotel not far from Pennsylvania; now you ask why I'm here...well...Ben confessed that he not only got help from the Russian mafia but also from an old man I hate; Emily's uncle! That fucking bastards help him to get her so now I'm getting payback but I'm not going to kill him.

Stepping into the lobby, I ignore the woman who tries to ask me where I'm headed; the sixth floor. Once there, I knock loudly on the door, soon it opens and Stephanie stands there, a surprised expression on her face.

"Ma-Mateo? What are you doing here?"

"Where is your father? I need to see him!" she opens the door more and lets me into their suit.

"Darling, who's there?" a irritated voice calls out and when Mary, Stephanie's mother, sees me, she smiles bright. "Mateo-"

"-Where is your husband?" I cut her off.

"I'm here" Henk announce and he knows why I'm here. "I can explain" he holds his hand up when I turn, a scared, no terrified expression on his old wrinkled face.

"Can you?" I ask stunned. "So tell me why you helped Ben, that motherfucker, to kidnap MY wife!? She almost died because of you!"

"I-I didn't though he would go this far" he backs away.

"No?" I take a step towards him, murder in my eyes.

"N-No" he stutters. "H-How is Emily?" he asks.

"Why the fuck do you care!? You never cared about her in the first place, so don't act innocent" he hits the wall, not moving any further. "But I'm not here to kill you, Henk" he lets out a sigh of relieve.

"T-Thank you"

"Don't thank me too soon" I grin, both Stephanie and her mom watching this, gasps leaving them every time I move.

"W-What do I need to do?"

"That's a good question" I pretend to think but I know what I want from him all along. "I want you to go to the police confess everything"

"W-What? Ben is the one who kidnapped Emily, not me" he shakes him head fiercely.

"No, I'm not talking about the kidnapping" I grin again. "I want you to confess that you, Henk Magetta, killed your own brother" AKA Emily's father. The room is silence, no one saying a word so I do. "I have the prove to put you in jail for a very long time, Henk, but I'm giving you a chance for you to confess so at least you won't be in there for too long...You need to be grateful actually"

"No, I can't!"

"Why not? It's either you confessing or me killing you...you can choose"

"Why did you kill him!?" Mary yells, making her way towards her husband and slapping his face.

"Because he was too perfect!" Henk screams back, annoyed. "Do you have any idea how it feels to be in the shadows of your younger brother!?" the door opens again, now cops storming in.

"You're under arrest for the murder op Vincent Magetta" a cop says, handcuffs in her right hand and I feel satisfied that I finally did this...Emily wanted this for so long; she wanted to prove the murder of her parents but never could and now I did...I turn to Stephanie who is crying, tears streaming down her cheeks.

"Stephanie" I whisper and she looks up, scared. "I would suggest you and your mom leave; get as far away as possible" she nods. "And...I want to say Ben is dead" she gasps, another load of tears streaming again.

"No..."

"I didn't had a choice but he said a few thing before his dead..." I take out a piece of paper Enzo found in Ben pocket, directed at Stephanie. "Here for you and about he said...He told me that he loves you and that you should find a person who is worthy of you" I turn to the door, not bothering look back when I make my way of the suit, going back to the hospital where my wife lays...